, 1887-01-06
SCIENTIFIC TRUTH
Regarding the Functions of
an Important Organ.
OF Which the PubIic Knows But Fit
tIe--W orthy Careful Consideration.

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That we may emphasize and clearly
explain the relation I AZ kidnevs sustain
to tn" general health, and how much is
dependent upon them, we propose, met
aphorcaliy speaking, 10 take one from
the human body, place in the wash
bowl before u.s. and examine it for the
public benefit.
ou will imagine that we have before
us a body shaped like a bean, smooth
ana gistenlng. about four inches in
length, two in width and one in thick
ness 1t ordinarily weighs in the adult
male about five ounces. but is somewhat
lighter IN the female. 4 small organ?
you say. But understand, the BODY OF
the average size man contains about
ten quarts Of GlOOd, Of arhich erery drop
passes through these filters or Se,rers, as
they may be called, many times Il dan,
as often as the heart, making complete
revolution III three minutes. From the
blood they separate the waste material,
sleeping or waking, tireless as the heart
itself, and fully OF as much importance;
removing impurities from sixty-fiye qal-
Ions Of blood each hour, or about forty
nine barrels each day, or 9,I25 hogs
heads yearl What wonder that the
Kidneys can last any length OF time
under this prodigiouS strain, treated and
neglected as they are?
We slice this delicate organ open
lengthwise with our knife and will rough
iy describe its interior:
We find it to be of a reddish-brown
color, soft and easily torn. filled with
hundreds of little tubes, short and
thread-like, starting from the arteries,
ending in little tuft about midway from
the outside opening Of cavity of con-
siderable size, which is called the pelvis,
or, roughly speaking, a sack, which is
for the purpose of holding the water to
further undergo publication before it
passes down from here into the ureters,
and SO on to the outside of the body.
These little tubes are the filters which
do their work automatically, and right
here as rhsre the disease Of the kidney first
begins.
Doing the vast amount of work which
they are obliged to, from the slightest
iTregularity III our habits, from cold,
from high living, from stimulants or a
thousand and one other causes which
occur every day, they become somewhat
weakened in their nerve force.
What is the result? Congestion or
stoppage of the current OF blood in the
small blood vessels surrounding them,
which become blocked; these delicate
membranes are irritated; inflammation
is set up, then pus is formed, which col
lprts in tho TafN-iG or no fnh
at first partially, and soon are totally,
unable TO do their work. The pelvic
sac goes on disteGding with this corrup-
ton, pressing upon the blood vessels
All this time, remember, the blood,
which is Cnterin" The kidneys to be fill
tered, is passing through this terrible, dis
gusting puS, for it cannot take any other
route!
Stop and think of it for a moment.
Do you realize the importance, nav the
vital necessity, of having the kidneys in
order? Can You expect when they are
diseased or ohstruCted, no matter how
little, that you can have pure blood Gnd
escape diseasei 1; would be just as rea-
sonable to expect, ii pest house were
set across Broadway and countless thou
sands were compelled TO go through its
pestilential doors, and escape from coDta-
the blood to escape pollution when con-
stantly running through diseased kid
ney.
Now, what is the result? Why, that
the blood takes up and deposits this
poison as it sweeps along into every
organ, into every inch OF muscle, tissue,
flesh and bone. from your head to your
feet. And whenever, from hereditary
influence or othewisc, some part of the
body is weaker than another, countless
train OF diseases is established, such as
consumption in weak lungs, dyspepsia,
where there is delicate stomach;
nervousness, insanity, paralysis or heart
disease in those who have weak nerves.
The heart must soon feel The effects Of the
poison, Gs ii requires pure blood 10 keep 1t IN
right action. 1t increases its stroke in
number and force to compensate for the
natural stimulus wanting, in its en-
deavor to crowd the impure blood
through theiS obstruction, causing pain,
palpitation, or an out-Cf breath feeling.
Unnatural as this fore 4 labor is, the
heart must soon fElter, becoming weaker
and weaker until one day it suddenly
stops, and death from apparent "heart
disease" is the verdict. -
But the medical profession, learned
and dignified, call these diseases by high
sounding names. treat them alone, and
patients die, for the artel iGS are carrying
slOU death 10 the Gfec'e5 paris, constantly
adding fuel brought from these suppurat-
ing, pus-laGen kidneys which l.ere in our
wash-Iowl are very putrefaction itself,
and which should have been cured first.
But this is not all the kidneys have to
do; for YOU must remember that each
adult takes about seven pounds OF
nourishment every twenty-four hours to
supply the waste of the body which is
constantly going on, waste equal to
the quantity taken. This, too, the
kidneys have TO separate from the blood
with all other decomposing matter.
But you say, "My kidneys are all
right. | have 10 pain in the back "
Mistaken man! PeopIe ule oI kinney
disease OF so bad IL character that the
organs are rotten, and yet they have
neUsr there had a pain or an ache!
Why? Because Tie disease begins,
as we have shown, in the interior OF the
kidneys, where there are fer nerres OF
feeling to convey the sensation OF PAIN.
Why this is so we may never know.
When you consider their great WORK,
the delicacv OF their structure, the ease
with which they are deranged, can you
wonder at the ill-health OF our men and
women? Health and long life cannot be
expected when so vital an organ is
impaired. No wonder some writers
say We are degenerating. Don't you see
The great, the extreme Importance OF
keeping this machinery in working
order? Could the finest engine do even
a fractional part OF this work: without
attention from the engineer? Don't you
see how dangerous this hidden disease
is? 1t is lurking about US constantly,
without giving any indication OF Its
presence.
The m st skillful physicians cannot
detect it at times, for the kidneys them
seIres cannot be examined by any means
which we have at our command. Even
an analysis of the water, chemically ana
microscopically, reveals nothing dehnite
in many cases, even when the kidne'"s
are fairly broken down.
Then look out for them, as disease, no
matter where situated, to 93 per CENT
as shown by after death examinations.
has its origin in the breaking. down OF
these secreting tubes in the interior ol
the kidney.
As Won value health, as you desire
long life free from sickness and suffering,
,rr,,nv sn,oa attention. Keen